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Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher model #665.1703, Flashing light-won't start
I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago
Thank-you in advance
1) first trip by f&f - just reset the clean light and left. dishwasher worked temporarity - said heater element was fine
2) light blinking 1-2 days later
3) cleaned out chopper - filled with seeds and pickled garlic stems ... good to know how to clean that but a major pain - should be easier
4) LIGHT STILL BLINKING - finally called sears repair to diagnose. said bad heater element as he ran the diag cycle, reached into the unit and touched the heater element which felt cold. had to order new heater element to fix which took 10 days
5) didn't want to wait that long so ordered one at partselect 2-3 day - made it in two
6) had to pull out the unit to get at heater element. finally found the true story:
heater element had crack in fitting where it went thru bottom of unit. crack let water seep thru and corroded electrical connection. looks like I had a small fire under there!!! that is why things were intermittent - the element was hooked up by a small thread of wire until that finally caved. I soldered on a new connector as the wire was fried - hooked everything back up and it's working great!!! Hope this helps someone.
My feeling though on this dishwasher is that it is still a problem design:
1) too hard to access or see anything underneath to diagnose - if I could have seen that electrical fire I would have known the real problem - check your unit's back heater element fitting real close for a crack - this will cause the intermittent nature of the clean light failure
2) too hard to clean the chopper - should just be a door to access
but everyone likes that full door, no access appearance so I guess this is driven by the marketplace - but does have a cost. I should not have had to remove the unit to make this repair. disconnecting the electrical and water was a real pain!
I have the same machine but I dont think its working correctly, HOw many minutes does it usually take for your machine to go through a normal wash cycle? My lights never go past the second on sensoring.. I have let it go for 2 hours and it never shuts off.
Did this problem originally start with a blinking "green" clean light? If so, did pushing heated wash-heated dry buttons work? If neither of these scenarios fit your situation, then the only advice I can offer is our machine seems to take forever to finish a cycle too; but it does finish. If yours never finishes a cycle and the green light is not blinking, I don't know where you go from here. Sorry.
My dishwasher wasn't working tonight either, same problem as everyone else flashing green light stuck, and I couldn't reset it. I called Kenmore repair and they wanted $198.00for a one year extended warrenty, I told them someone helped me at Sears repair before and I knew it was only a matter of pushing a button or two and they said they couldn't help me unless I paid and if they did they would be fired....(total rip off). Anyway I told them forget it, Googled my question and found this wonderful site!!! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP I PUSHED THE MORMAL WASH AND HEATED DRY AND IT WORKED!!! Thanks again for this useful/helpful site :-)
I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago
Thank-you in advance
Thank you so much for the fix!! Just installed my Elite model 665.13793K602. Ran it through one cycle ok, but then got the green blinking light. I alternated pushing the Normal Wash and Heated Dry buttons until all the lights came on steady. It seems to have reset, all lights are out, and I am running it through a normal cycle. I'm looking forward to cancelling the Sears service call (BTW - a two week wait for service!). Thanks again for the info!
I am currently tickled pink that I could find an answer to the green blinking light question. It worked for me and now I'll inspect the entire unit to discover if there are any other underlying problems that might need attention.
Thank you everyone!!!
my clean light was blinking on my kenmore i just pushed the heated wash,and the heated dry buttons one after the other for about 5 times and all the lights lit up and the thing just started going through differant settings then it all quit so i pushed normal wash and its working now.
I have a Kenmore Ultra Wash Dishwasher. It will not start. The light above normal wash is flashing continuously. Any advice will be helpful.
Our warranty ran out 9 days ago
Thank-you in advance
if it is the clean light blinking call call the mfr their is a heater recall kit for that dishwasher
Hey Folks; Had the same problem with my Kenmore elite d/w.( CLEAN light blinks 7 times. ) After reading your posts I pushed the norm wash and heated dry buttons 3 times each and it worked. WAY TO GO TEAM I also found the serviceman's schematic taped to top of D/W. It says the unit failed to detect a heat increase in the dry or heat circuit so threw this trouble code.Has lots of diagnostic tips in it . If you"re stuck, I suggest check it out. HERES HOPIN' IT'S FIXED!!! Dozer Hey Thanx AMTV SERV ADV I will check that out ASAP. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
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